A MONTH LONG
COMPUTER SENSITIZATION PROGRAMMEFOR
THE VISUALLY CHALLENGED!
By
MR.V.SIVARAMAN
(SECRETARY-WELFARE FOUNDATION OF THE BLIND)
LECTURER – DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH PRESIDENCY COLLEGE, CHENNAI
The Indian Association of the Blind conducted a month-long Computer Literacy Programme For The Visually Challenged at its premises in Sundararajanpatti Madurai from the27th of April 2009 to the 27th of May 2009. Mr. V. Sivaraman, Secretary of the Welfare Foundation of the Blind acted as the Co-ordinator.
The main aim of the Programme was to teach the Visually Challenged basic computer skills to do their personal work with the help of a computer with Jaws, a screen-reading software.
· In the first week, all the 12 participants were given keyboard orientation.
· In the second week, Mr. K. Raguraman, an E.C Member of WELFARE FOUNDATION OF THE BLIND, taught them how to save a file in the place of their choice and how to create a new folder with a name.
· In the third week, Mr.Tajudeen, lecturer in English from Pondicherry, trained the participants how to edit and format the Word Document without anyone’s assistance.
· And, in the last week, Ms. Muthuselvi, an E.C Member of WELFARE FOUNDATION OF THE BLIND, taught them to send mail and search in a website. On the last day of the course, the participants were asked to type in their feedback in a word document and send it as attachment mail.
Based on their performance, marks were awarded to the participants.
Out of the twelve people who took part in the course, 3 are teachers and others are students.
Along with computer literacy soft skills were also taught to the participants.
In their feedback, all the participants expressed satisfaction with the course. They also gave their suggestions to make such courses more useful in the days to come.
The main aim of the Programme was to teach the Visually Challenged basic computer skills to do their personal work with the help of a computer with Jaws, a screen-reading software.
· In the first week, all the 12 participants were given keyboard orientation.
· In the second week, Mr. K. Raguraman, an E.C Member of WELFARE FOUNDATION OF THE BLIND, taught them how to save a file in the place of their choice and how to create a new folder with a name.
· In the third week, Mr.Tajudeen, lecturer in English from Pondicherry, trained the participants how to edit and format the Word Document without anyone’s assistance.
· And, in the last week, Ms. Muthuselvi, an E.C Member of WELFARE FOUNDATION OF THE BLIND, taught them to send mail and search in a website. On the last day of the course, the participants were asked to type in their feedback in a word document and send it as attachment mail.
Based on their performance, marks were awarded to the participants.
Out of the twelve people who took part in the course, 3 are teachers and others are students.
Along with computer literacy soft skills were also taught to the participants.
In their feedback, all the participants expressed satisfaction with the course. They also gave their suggestions to make such courses more useful in the days to come.
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